curious...whos doing 1200 cal a day??

Same here! Currently snacking on rubbish *ahem*, but will be getting more fruit soon :P

Me too. I replaced my potato or pasta in my meals with veggies. I buy frozen veggies so I can get them in bulk so they don't go bad. Also, as mentioned, I cut my alcoholic intake to 1/4 of what I use to drink. Not sure how I feel about that yet. My fast food and restaurant intake has dropped 75%. And since I almost always go over my 1200 suggested limit, I do cardio everyday like walking the dog for 30min-1hr and 15-30min treadmill after strength training.
I lose about 1-2 lbs per week also.

OOOo, and another thing I found...sometimes I'm just NOT in the mood to make my meals so when I go grocery shopping I always purchase a meat lasagna from Blue Menu or Recipe to Riches Butter Chicken lasagna. A quarter of the tray is about 420 calories and the tray is a good size tray. This is the only pre-made meals I will buy

I am doing 1200 calories a day. I have a sedentary job and I try to work out 3 to 4 times a week. When I do workout it is one day weights, the next day cardio with some core thrown in during my weight days.

I have been trying to stay away from processed carbs like noodles, white rice... and when I do have whole grain carbs it is usually once a day and usually no more than 1/4 of a cup. I am also trying to stay away from red meat, poultry and do more veggies and seafood.

My mornings I have a Kale, almond milk and fruit smoothie or oatmeal. Lunches are beans, salad, salsa or my mango black bean salad or soup. This weekend I made a bunch of vegan split pea soup. .

Dinners - stir fry's with shrimp, left overs, eggplant lasagna (no cheese). Cauliflower Soup with cashews. I like Dr. Furhman and Fork over Knives type of eating.

I can't wait till retirement when I can work out more often and not sit all day!

I tried that once...was hungry all the time and weak.

I prefer my 1600 a day...and I still lose weight...anywhere between 1/2lb to 1.5lb a week...some weeks nothing but it's all good cause Im not hangry.

This is what I do too. I could do 1200 but found I was hungry or having to really sacrifice at lunch and dinner. At 1600 I am able to eat reasonably satisfying meals and don't feel deprived or hungry most of the time. When I exercise I eat my calories or at least most of them but never have more than a few hundred anyway. Weight loss is steady but likely a little slower. It feels a lot better than 1200 did though for me. To each his/her own, though. Best of luck!

My goal is 1200 - 1300

My food diary is open to public

I exercise but I don't log it

I tried going that low in calories, but I plateaued pretty quickly. I am 5'7 and currently 170. After speaking to a fitness specialist, I discovered I was not eating enough for my active lifestyle and my body was holding onto weight due to that.

I started using the Macro measurements, looking at my cal, carb, protein, and fat intake. 1 week in and I've lost about 3 lbs. I eat high protein, little to no processed foods, raw nuts, fruits and veggies. Just make sure your intake coincides with your cal output. In other words, make sure if you are exercising vigorously, you eat more cals than MFP suggests.

I also do 1200 cal/day. Honestly, I did not cut anything out of my diet. I eat what I want I just have to decide if what I'm about to eat is worth the calories. Sometimes it isnt and sometimes that candy bar is soooooo worth it. I find that this had helped me stick to it. I'm not feeling deprived of anything and I usually end up making better choices because I dont want to spend the rest of the day hungry for a stupid sugar fix. I try to make sure my protein is where its supposed to be and that I eat plenty of veggies. Some good snack ideas are celery and peanut butter, greek yogurt with something yummy mixed in, and I like 100 cal popcorn sometimes. Different strokes for different folks so find what works for you and good luck :-)

My diary is set on 1500 but I honestly am trying to do 1200. Thats what my nutritionist has requested. Lots of veggies and moderate everything else. I was doing very well but this last week has been rough. Feel free to check out my diary. I also try to exercise at least 1 hour a day.

1260 used the mfp, it's working pretty well!

As a man you should be eating a min of 1800

I'm on 1200 cal goal...loosely. Snacks I frequent: Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Fiber One 90 Calorie Bars, Outshine Fruit Bars, Light popcorn, pretzels, hot cocoa, skinny cow chocolates, yogurt...yeah, that about covers it.

Feel free to check out my food diary. I try to walk on my treadmill 30 mins 6 days a week. I did 30DS for 7 days, but was pretty difficult to do that and still get my 30 min walk in, and I was getting satisfactory results with just the walking so I went back to just that.

I did that about a year ago(when I first joined MFP and didn't know better). I dropped a few pounds, and quickly. And my hair began falling out. And I had zero energy for anything besides my daily workout. And my skin looked horrible. The dark circles under my eyes (genetic) got a lot worse, and I was breaking out like a teenager. And my weight loss stalled. I was stuck at the same weight for six months.

I increased my calories, and began lifting. I'm losing fat, and gaining muscle. I have a lot more energy, and the other problems are gone. Oh, and I'm not hangry all the time. There are days when I burn almost 1200 calories.

Eating enough food to fuel your body is awesome.

My aim is for 1200kcal/day, however, as I do a lot of exercise, I amend this as I need too. My partner and I sit down at the start of each week and plan out our meals and snacks, and stick to it as much as possible.

Since starting MFP, I have gone over my caloric intake on only 3 occasions, and all were due to consumption of alcohol (you can't go to Day on the Green and not have wine, cheese and salami - surely!).

Some days, especially on those when I know that we are having a meal that will be higher in calories, I will pre-enter my meals to see how many calories, if any, that I will have net. I will modify my physical training sessions to ensure that my input is counteracted by my output to bring me under.

Due to the amount of exercise I do (ranging between 800 - 1200 cals / day), I need to be sensible to ensure my body is getting all the nutrients and sustenance it requires; enough calories that I don't go into starvation mode and store this stuff I want so badly to lose.

I'm stoked with my progress - I've now lost 4.3kgs in 4 weeks, which I think is healthy. And I feel great.

When my partner David and I started this, we both wanted to lose around 9kgs each by the start of April. We're both halfway there, and have another 8 weeks to go.

So - in a very long winded way, I guess I am saying just to continuously monitor your input vs output, and regardless of what calorie intake you choose, you will make progress.

I did it most for over 8 months until I got to my goal. I'm only 5'0" though and 53 so my BMR and TDEE aren't that high. I usually didn't eat back my exercise deliberately. Best weight loss and least hunger was when I ate more complex carbs and almost no "white" starch (pasta, rice, white potato) or sweets -- so it was a lower carb diet. I didn't really plateau except when I ate more white carbs.